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stoppage

[stop-ij] / ˈstɒp ɪdʒ /


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It took two goals in the final 10 minutes, including one in stoppage time, for his new team to manage a 2-1 victory over Bournemouth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Itauma impressed in a fifth-round stoppage of American Jermaine Franklin in Manchester in March and stopped Briton Dillian Whyte in one round in August 2025.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The stoppage is the third office-to-residential conversion halted since the former Pfizer headquarters neared partial collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

A previous attempt at launch was abruptly scrubbed just as the booster began to ignite, in an automatic stoppage that occurred after some engines did not start.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

It encouraged the leaders of twenty-four separate steel worker craft unions to come together under the banner of the AFL and stage a national work stoppage.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

They include food shortages, water contamination, plumbing stoppages, lost mail, and mental health decay, spurring some crew members to jump ship.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

This has led to the stoppages becoming an annoyance not only for supporters, but also for some managers and players.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Strike activity has picked up, too—in each of the past three years, there have been upward of 30 work stoppages involving 1,000 or more employees, according to the Labor Department, the most since the mid-1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Prenga's previous three contests have all ended in first-round stoppages, but he has never faced anyone close to Joshua's calibre and remains largely unknown, even among boxing's most avid followers.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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